From Jonathan Klotz
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Airplane It should never be a hit, it is a generic film with a generic title and a generic premise with Gerard Butler, the currently incumbent king of the B-movies, and yet it was a success. In a world in which Blockbuster budgets over 250 million US dollars are increasing, it is a hint of fresh air to make a film of 35 million US dollars for a profit and become a popular action hit. A film does not have to push the envelope to find an audience. Instead, he can collapse in 40 years of action film tropics and be the best film of the 1970s, which was released in 2023.
Two men against an army
Gerard Butler Stars in Airplane As a former RAF (Royal Air Force) Pilot Brodie Torrance, who is flying an airplane from Singapore to Tokyo, it will be hit on Jolo Island, a real island that is a competitive territory between the government of the Philippines and a group of rebels. It doesn’t take long for the rebels to take the crash survivors as hostage, and it is due to Brodie and the alleged killer Louis Gaspare (Luke Cage itself, Mike Colter) and saved the day. This is not a spoiler because you know from the start that the film will not throw curve balls on you, but if it does the basics correctly, you don’t have to release the audience.
The exhibition in Airplane Most of the time, the crisis manager David Scarsdale (Tony Goldwyn), who is in the USA and tried to coordinate a rescue operation from the island that does not want to touch a government, or there would be no film in other ways. Brodies call to his daughter and his constant fights to see that she again delivers half of the emotional beats, while Gaspar the desire to prove who he really is, the other half. There are explosions and plenty of shots, and the main villain dies in one of the possible methods that are possible. What more do you need in an action film?
From the joke to the beginning of a franchise
If the first Airplane Trailer arrived, there was death to death on social media, but when the film came to the cinemas, it quickly became a small hit thanks to the word of mouth. As proof that those who saw the film Lazy tomatoesThe film has a 79 percent new evaluation of critics, which is surprising for an action film, but the fan score of 94 percent is the proof that you need that this is a film for action junkies old school. No wonder that Lionsgate, which was responsible for most of the worst films in 2024, has already continued a sequel that dealt with the title imaginatively ShipWith Mike Colter.
Gerard ButlerPatron Saint von B-Movies, recently in the leading role in Theft of thieves 2: PanteraAnd he has a different sequel Greenland: MigrationLater this year, and at the same time his role of Stoick repeated in the live action How to train your kite Remake. While Butler will not be part of Ship In 2026, his fans have a lot to be happy in 2025. AirplaneThe best action film this decade for those who love action films of the old school is currently on Peacock.
